How To Install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7.
What is libappstream-glib
This library provides GObjects and helper methods to make it easy to read and write AppStream metadata. It also provides a simple DOM implementation that makes it easy to edit nodes and convert to and from the standardized XML representation. This library provides GObjects and helper methods to make it easy to read and write AppStream metadata. It also provides a simple DOM implementation that makes it easy to edit nodes and convert to and from the standardized XML representation.
We can use yum or dnf to install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libappstream-glib.
Install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libappstream-glib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libappstream-glib
Install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libappstream-glib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libappstream-glib
How To Uninstall libappstream-glib on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libappstream-glib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libappstream-glib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libappstream-glib on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
